John Paul Jones

Inside most musicians, there's a struggle between two competing forces: the desire to make music with others, and the need to be alone. Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Kristin Andreassen — whose first solo album in nine years, "Gondolier," drops in February — is familiar with the struggle, which plays across all genres but somehow feels embedded in the DNA of folk music, where superstar solo careers have been launched from the relative safety of linked-arm ensembles. "It's the central conflict in my journey for the last 10 years," Andreassen said. Andreassen clog-danced professionally in Annapolis, Md., before joining Uncle Earl, an all-female...

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